Cradled in Hope | Podcast for Grieving Moms | Biblical Hope for Miscarriage, Stillbirth, & Infant Loss - 47 | Finding Your Way Through Grief | Kathryn Johnson

47 | Finding Your Way Through Grief | Kathryn Johnson

03/01/24 • 38 min

Cradled in Hope | Podcast for Grieving Moms | Biblical Hope for Miscarriage, Stillbirth, & Infant Loss

Join us for a hope-filled conversation with Kathryn Johnson, grieving mom and founder of Hannah's Hope. After experiencing multiple losses, Kathryn chose to believe that one day, she would have a reason to celebrate. She trusted that God would grow her family in His timing. Kathryn shares how she found her way through grief and started a ministry to comfort others in the same way the Lord comforted her.

In this episode, we discussed:

How Hannah's Hope started
Having faith for the future, even after multiple losses
The power of worship in grief
Infertility and waiting seasons
Taking our thoughts captive
Loss not becoming a part of our identity
Parenting after loss
Sanctification and becoming more like Christ

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In this episode, we discussed:

How Hannah's Hope started
Having faith for the future, even after multiple losses
The power of worship in grief
Infertility and waiting seasons
Taking our thoughts captive
Loss not becoming a part of our identity
Parenting after loss
Sanctification and becoming more like Christ

EPISODE SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT:
www.bridgetscradles.com/post/episode47

CRADLED IN HOPE PODCAST WEBSITE:
Sign up here to receive email updates and hope-filled resources
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CRADLED IN HOPE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY FOR GRIEVING MOMS:
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FOLLOW BRIDGET'S CRADLES
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CONNECT WITH THE HOST | ASHLEY OPLIGER
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46 | I Used to Be Pregnant | Chuck + Ashley Elliott

Join us for a hope-filled conversation with Chuck and Ashley Elliott about navigating the relational aspects of loss. Drawing from their own loss experience and their background as counselors, Chuck and Ashley share helpful advice on how to face the complexities of grief.

After experiencing recurrent miscarriage, Chuck and Ashley felt called to write a book called I Used to Be which provides biblical and mental health techniques to develop healthy ways to see yourself, your life, and your loved ones. We discuss these techniques and the intricacies of handling the hurt others may cause us in grief. You will be blessed and encouraged by the practical wisdom they share!

In this episode, we discussed:

Keeping our faith intact when we feel distant from God
Praising God in the midst of the pain
Neutralizing emotional triggers in grief
Giving grace to those who have hurt us
The ways that grief lies to us
How to help people help us
The importance of communicating our needs
Grieving in marriage from the father's perspective
Comparison and why it is destructive
Why they wrote the book, I Used to Be

EPISODE SHOW NOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT:
www.bridgetscradles.com/post/episode46

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48 | My Baby Died When I Got COVID | Mattie Steinhilpert

Join us for a hope-filled conversation with Mattie Steinhilpert, who lost her daughter, Sloane, after getting sick with COVID in her pregnancy. Mattie shares the story of how God saved her when she was on the brink of death herself. Sadly, her daughter died after delivery. Mattie and her husband relied on their faith in God to get them through the devastating, traumatic experience they faced so early in their marriage. With their hope in Heaven, they found renewed joy and purpose as God continued to grow their family.

In this episode, we discussed:
• COVID and its impact on pregnancy and placentas
• What it was like being on the news right after their daughter's death

• Being surrounded by Christ-like love in the hospital

• Asking the Lord to provide the strength to get through each moment

• Choosing to rely on their faith in the midst of deep grief

• Jesus is the only solution to our problem

• Navigating the loss of a baby in the first year of marriage

• Growing love and respect for our spouse through grief

• How grief changed when they had another little girl

• Rainbow babies are not replacement babies

• Giving grace and forgiveness to people who say the wrong thing

• Breaking free from victim mentality

• Why she loves Romans 8:28 and Numbers 6:24-26

• Looking forward to Jesus' return